Overview

Kentucky Senate Bill #77 made it possible for higher education institutions with approved school administration certification programs to provide alternate route to certification programs upon application and approval by the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB).

Degree requirements

Under the provisions of Senate Bill #77 and state regulations, Western Kentucky University established procedures for the alternate route program in Instructional Leadership - School Principal as follows:

Candidates must first apply to the WKU Graduate School for admission to the university
Following university admission, candidates should contact the Department of Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research for program-specific admissions guidelines and application by calling 270-745-4890.
After program admission the candidate will work with an advisor to submit a program of study to the Office of Professional Educators Services for approval.
A letter is then issued by WKU stating that the student is currently enrolled in the principal program; at this time the candidate may be offered a principal or assistant principal position by a district and is then eligible to participate in the Option 6 alternative route program.
If the candidate is offered the position, the district superintendent must provide verification of employment to WKU and the candidate.
The candidate will submit the verification of employment to EALR and a CA-TP to the Office of Professional Educator Services. EALR will issue the student a mentor agreement that must be completed by the student, the student's university mentor and the student's district mentor. This can be emailed along with the completed CA-TP application to teacher.certification@wku.edu.
The Office of Professional Educator Services will sign and verify the enrollment of the candidate in the Alternate Route to Principal Certification program. The completed application will be uploaded to EPSB and the student will be notified when it has been processed and their certificate is ready to download/print.
The student must request that an electronic transcript be sent directly to EPSB. The transcript request can be completed through TOPNET. All transcript request questions need to be directed to the Registrar's Office.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

School Law and Policy
Creating a Culture of Achievement
Leading a Community of Leaders
Leading Learning Systems
Developing Teacher Capacity
Resource Management for Equitable Outcomes

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-19 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2026-01-16 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bowling Green, United States

Disciplines

Public Policy Educational Leadership View 398 other Masters in Public Policy in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
Teaching certificate
Upon initial review, applicants will be requested to submit the following items to the department:
Three years of documented teaching experience in a public school or a nonpublic school that meets the state performance standards as established in KRS 156.160
Complete a program admission packet requiring: Letters of reference
Department-specified essays or other written materials
School district agreement of support
Be recommended based on an interview with district practitioners and department faculty

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Tuition Fee

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International

28590 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 953 USD per credit during 12 months.
National

27510 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 917 USD per credit during 12 months.
In-State

18210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 607 USD per credit during 12 months.

Living costs for Bowling Green

900 - 1400 USD /month

Living costs

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